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417Logic Pro Instruments
View menu: Choose an option that affects the appearance of the display. See the task in
this section to learn more about the commands and functions in this pop-up menu.
Preview button: Play the selected zone.
Snap pop-up menu: Choose a value. Edits to crossfade, sample, fade, or loop markers in
the waveform display automatically snap to the nearest possible value.
Zoom vertical button: Switch between the maximum vertical zoom view for the currently
displayed waveform section and the default zoom view.
Zoom horizontal button: Switch between the last manually set zoom level, if applicable,
and an optimized zoom level that shows the area between the sample start and end
markers. When no manual zoom level is set, the entire audio file is shown.
Tip: You can use your trackpad to zoom in or out on the waveform display with pinch
gestures, or scroll using two-finger swipes or by dragging the scroll bar. You can use a
Magic Mouse to perform the following gestures: one finger horizontal swipe to scroll, or
use a one finger vertical swipe to zoom.
Zone pop-up menu: Displays the zone name. Click to choose other zones.
File pop-up menu: Displays the audio filename. Click to choose file handling commands.
Load Audio File: Opens a dialog where you can select an audio file.
Show in Finder: Shows the full path of the loaded audio file in the Finder.
Open in Audio File Editor: Opens the selected sample in the Logic Pro Audio File
Editor, or the sample editor chosen in the External Sample Editor preference.
Note: This command is available only when Destructive audio editing is enabled in
the Logic Pro preferences.
Playback buttons: Use these options to determine zone playback behavior.
One Shot button: Turn on to make the zone ignore the length of incoming MIDI note
events, resulting in the sample always being played from start to end whenever
a note-on event is received. This is useful for drum samples, where you often
don’t want the MIDI note length to affect sample playback. Also see the Fade field
parameters.
Loop and crossfade parameters are dimmed when the One Shot button is active.
Reverse button: Turn on to play the sample from the sample end marker to the
sample start marker.
Flex On/Off button: Turn Flex mode on or off. If Flex mode is turned on, an audio sample
is played at its original speed for all note pitches. See the task in this section to learn
more about Flex use.
Follow Tempo button: When Flex mode is active, turn on to follow the project tempo.
(Flex) Speed pop-up menu: When Flex mode is active, choose a playback speed division
or multiplication value.
Tip: Flex Speed is also available as a modulation target.
Sample Start/End handles and fields: Set the sample start and end points. Drag to
reposition. Option-click, then drag either handle to move both markers.
Sample Length field: Displays the length between the sample start and end marker
positions. Drag vertically to move the end and fade-out marker.